Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1126:
Post-Reform Trends in Wage Inequality: The Case of Urban Bolivia
Julius Spatz and Susan Steiner
Abstract: This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing controversy
on the distributional effects of structural reforms in developing
countries. Applying inequality indices and FieldsÂ’ (2001) decomposition
methodology to Bolivian household survey data of the years 1989 to 1997, we
identify recent trends in wage inequality of urban Bolivia. Using a
rent-based dual-economy model, we can link these trends to the structural
reforms undertaken in Bolivia since 1985.
Keywords: Structural Reforms, Inequality, Dual Economy, Bolivia; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: D31; J50; L16; O17; (follow links to similar papers)
58 pages, September 2002
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